diff --git a/ruby-ncurses.spec b/ruby-ncurses.spec
index a787912..e160a3f 100644
--- a/ruby-ncurses.spec
+++ b/ruby-ncurses.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name: %distname
 Version: 1.3.1
-Release: 26%{?dist}
+Release: 27%{?dist}
 Summary: A module for ruby applications for using ncurses interfaces
 Group: System Environment/Libraries 
 License: LGPLv2+
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Patch2: ruby-ncurses-fix-missing-tz-prototypes.patch
 # https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9502#change-45212
 # https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/ncursesw-ruby/commit/809e549408bfdf7cab4b98a73f6e78dd3ad81d86
 Patch3: ruby-ncurses-1.3.1-use-new-rb_thread_fd_select-avoiding-deprecated-functions.patch
+BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: ruby(release)
 BuildRequires: ruby
 BuildRequires: ruby-devel
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ ruby extconf.rb --vendor
 %{ruby_vendorlibdir}/ncurses_sugar.rb
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 04 2019 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.1-27
+- Add BuildRequires: gcc, fixes FTBFS (#1606149)
+
 * Sat Jul 14 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.3.1-26
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild